When the going gets tough....make sure your backed up!

With Hurricane Irene hitting the North East Coast of America business were implementing their disaster recovery plans thick and fast. Ensuring that everything was in place should she hit their businesses hard.

Seeing how very real the threat of disaster is, and how out of control those businesses owners felt, brings home the reality that anything can happen and we should be as prepared as we possibly can, for that just in case moment.

Hints and tips for planning for an emergency with your business:

• Make sure all company data is backed up off site
• Ensure off site access to your systems
• Declare an emergency early to get a head start on working out kinks that will inevitably come
• Know what's going on with your staff from a professional and personal standpoint
• Focus on systems and work-flows that pull in revenue
• Over-communicate with employees, customers and, for large corporations, stock holders about what you're doing
• Be prepared for long-term impacts even if you're not directly hit; power and communications may be out for a while.

 For more information on how to successfully back your business up click here.